** ALASKA. 11870, June 29 at 1236, American accent talking about the Gospels, VG signal made me fear WYFR was back. 1257 gospel rock in English, no announcements, 1259 to open carrier, 1259:35* off. It must have been KNLS, which never occurred to me until I looked it up as they never have such a good signal here! KTWR is also scheduled in non-English continuing past 1300 on 11870, unheard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 29, by time segments: Unusual to hear any in the 05-06 hour:15970, very poor at 052516980, poor at 0527

1230-1300:11500, good at 123812980, very good at 123913800, good at 1248 // 1298013850, poor at 124813920, very good at 124813970, very good at 1248, with some distortion, unusual; and five at once within 1 MHz span14700, fair at 124915540, fair at 125215670, good at 1253, CNR1 echo jammer only, no FD now15970, fair at 125416980, very good at 1254

1300-1330:15540, fair at 1311: may have stayed on across hourtop14970, good at 132814700, fair at 1328; none in the 12`s13970, very good at 1328 (logged as 13980, probably my mistake)13920, very good at 132811500, fair at 1329; none in the 10`s

1330-1400:11500, very poor at 134711590, poor at 1353 // 15525. 11590 unusual: Aoki today has nothing to account for it, just RFA in Tibetan via Kuwait after 150013920, very good at 134813970, very good at 134814700, poor at 134914970, very good at 134815275, good at 1352; Aoki has V. of Tibet/Tajikistan on 15273 during this semihour only15430, very poor at 135115525, good at 1351: jumpy V. of Tibet must have landed around here, ex-15540. The June 29 at 1400 Aoki shows:``15524 1340-1400 TJK * VOICE OF TIBET Chi Dushanbe-Ya 1-7``15970, fair at 1349, poor at 135716980, very good at 1353(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Finally, running the TVDX receiver on channel 2 getting nothing but snow hour after hour pays off: June 28 at 1750 UT, fade-in with XRIO promo ID, and then full-screen ID of: FOX over XRIO with a larger 2 to their right. Soon fades out again. This Matamoros station in English, really XHRIO, is more commonly seen further away than I am. Unfortunately I didn`t have the camera handy or the VCR hooked up. This ID appears on Danny Oglethorpe`s website. BTW, it`s sound is louder than US stations, probably running greater power fraxion vs video.

It turned out to be a precursor of much more Mexican TVDX later in the day. By 2200 UT I am getting a mix of analog DX on ch 2.

2252 on 2, a Televisa promo

2252 on 4, algo; 2258, novela; but in upper left, partially cut off by overscan in corner, ---- de aquí, above clock 17:58 and 36 degrees. Snowfree for a while past hourtop with no supered ID seen. Anyone recognize the source of ``de aquí``?

2301 on 6, different novela; bug in UR can`t make out

2302 on 2, net-2 star bug UR, promo for Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México captioned in lower right (population is over a million, making it one of the largest cities in the world no one has heard of, being merely a suburb of megopolis Ciudad de México; not helped by its unpronounceable Aztec name, unless shortened to Neza)

2303 on 4, novela, Galavisión bug in UR; it`s low-contrast, at least in B&W. Oglethrope says this net DXed on 4 is most often XELN Torreón; altho W9WI shows that with net-5 and the two full-power net-9 XEQ relayers on 4 are in Tapachula and Oaxaca

2349 on 5, ad for Nido

2349 on 3, canal 3 with local program; http://www.campafamily.com --- They are musical clowns, and instrumental `funny` music autolaunches. Linx to further sites, one of which mentions they appeared in January in Culiacán but that`s not enough to pin this on XHQ for sure.

2351 on 3, promo for Talpa de Allende, Jalisco from Televisa --- one of many geographic bits broadcast nationally

2355 on 5, novela, bug in UR for Azteca-13, but it is *no longer* the two vertical bars and three vertical dots, meaning 13 in Aztec numeration! Instead it is the generic `swoosh`, three diagonal lines of the entire Azteca networks, and below it AZTECA TRECE. As of next day, Danny has now deleted the old Aztec-numeral logo and replaced it with this.

Into UT June 29:0000 on 3, Bienvenidos a Mexicali promo by Televisa `en provincia`. Antenna was still southward as had not realized dominant skip was now from WSW. Much better when repointed there. Took several still photos, including at 0003 animated ID for 3/5 Contigo, i.e. sister stations. Then opening old movie with scripty credits, and constant bug LR for large italic 3 and under it XHBC calls. Guy in funny hat, not a cowboy sombrero, begins singing immediately, so a musical. Often snow-free.

0111 on 3, cheesecake still photos of Yolanda Ivonne Montez Farrington, her name constant at bottom, with the Yo- and -ton cut off my screen. Google her, a.k.a. Tongolele, dancer born 1932 in Spokane, including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpMrjmJQwvA

0117 on 3, it`s still XHBC with same movie, the constant bug in LR0133 on 3, ditto, heavy ghosting now

0136 on 5, XHAQ is back in weaker as MUF ascends0139 on 5, ad for PULL-UPS0141 on 5, novela credits, opening at odd hour, or closing? Title is EMPERATRIZ; new AZTECA TRECE bug in UR again with swooshes

0143 on 3, XHBC playing the `Bienvenidos a Mexicali` film again, with Televisa logo in LL, SKY in LR, concluding with ID including SKY 628 for this station via satellite

0208 on 6, MUF weakly up to here, still peaking WSW but 3 and 5 have faded out. Letterboxed movie with open captioning in bottom black bar. I have found XETV Tijuana doing letterboxing before, FWIW.

More Mexican TV DX the next morning, same UT day June 29:

1426 on 2, something fades in with antenna SSE, then moved to SSW1438 on 2, fade-in net-5 with toons in Spanish

1450 on 3, now much stronger than signals on 2, toons from net-5, in fact at least two transmitters with same programming, different offsets

1502 on 2, PSA for becalos.mx educational aid

1516 on 3, show seems to be Noticias Express, and bug in UR has 3 in oval slanted to the right. Oglethorpe shows this as XHQ Culiacán, and indeed signal improves when pointed SW. There is also something in the lower right corner overlapping the circle, and http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch3.html shows it is the characteristic bird-in-flight, presumably seagull, of Grupo Pacífico stations

1601 on 5, large letters say AHI ESTA DETALLE, while Televisa copyright notice crawls across top of screen

1603 on 5, net 5 bug UR

1603 on 6, old musical movie with sombreros; has that B&W `look` altho everything on my monitor is B&W; Bug UR has something in a square block, maybe an N. UL has constant 6 logo, and unreadable text comes and goes across top left part of screen. Steady but too snowy to make out details. 1610 break IDs this as `Cine para Todos`, from Aguascalientes TV 6, animated IDs and promos, one for `El Club de Rony` Sat & Sun at 9:00.

ch 2-6 full of CCI when I close this report around 1630, and probably FM is open if I can find time to check it. Also check ch 8 and 9 occasionally for signs of hiband Es; 7 is blocked by KOCO-DT OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 17855, June 29 at 0522, RFA in Chinese, sufficient signal as is common now. Sounds OK on AM, but with BFO I find that the carrier is wobbling considerably. Another problem at the IBB SAIPAN site.

** U S A. 12100, June 29 at 1246, WTWW absent when normally with Bible readiings in Arabic. George McClintock told me a few hours earlier, ``Glenn, I had a transmitter air flow switch go out that ate up my entire day and was not able to get to [scheduling] your program, sorry. George Mc``. The other transmitter was on as usual after 1300 on 9479. 12100 still off at 1625 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. Two nearby VR frequencies at once with greatly divergent signals:

15570, June 29 at 0529, VR IS, 0530 opening Portuguese to Africa, fair15595, June 29 at 0529, VR bells, very good and much stronger than 15570, 0530 introducing Latin mass, in German, Spanish, English ``from the Vatican Radio chapel``, Polish; 0532 Latin.

Both are 500 kW from SMG, on 175 and 121 azimuths respectively. What a difference 54 degrees make, tho neither USward at all. Usually all we hear at this hour is 15595 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12300, June 29 at 0538, S9+5 open carrier, maybe a trace of modulation. Could be RHC 2 x 6150 which is always extremely undermodulated, heard at 0545 with squeal and DXers Unlimited (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINGN DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13380, June 29 at 0534, S9+20 open carrier. These things I associate with Cuban spy numbers, and maybe would have heard some of that or data bursts if I kept listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Then I look for more TT: 15500, June 29 at 1252, fair signal with mystery 1000 Hz tone test. At 1310 only open carrier, 1316 mixing with something singing. Aoki says the latter is V. of Wilderness, via UZBEKISTAN to Korea North. HFCC says it`s brokered by WRN.

15550, June 29 at 1351, now the 1000 Hz tone is here; 1358 mixing with hymn, 1359 WJHR SSB talk is starting; the tone carrier is not enough to demodulate WJHR, but continues past 1400, and then 1401 WJHR in the clear. Then looked for more tones on 17 and 18 MHz bands, none found (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

martedì 28 giugno 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no LRA36, June 28 at 1328. Yes, this is getting rather pointless; perhaps I should shift emphasis to non-logging countless other stations which are not being heard either, not even on the air, hi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BONAIRE. 6250, June 28 at 0516, Spanish from NHK World Radio Japón is readable with fair signal S9+18, ute QRM, maybe a bit of RNW Dutch underneath, as this is the leapfrog mixing product of 6080 over 6165, another 85 kHz higher. Again not to be mistaken for Equatorial Guinea which is fundamentally on 6250 sometimes later in the hour but not heard here for some weeks in deep summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 28: 0455-0500, none found 12-18 MHz for the local noon hour, altho some CNR1/CRI frequencies were making it, such as 15670, 17540 (Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN)

11500, fair at 1321, none lower; also at 134512270, good at 132512980, good at 1329, 134513850, good at 1326, 1345; ACI de WWCR13920, fair at 1326, 134514700, fair at 1327, 1345, 142015430, poor at 1348, not in previous semi-hour15515, fair at 1348, ex-1555015550, fair at 132815970, fair at 1420, not earlier16100, good at 1330, very good at 1349; not after 1400(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RadioCuba operators asleep at the switches again, allowing RHC to continue past nominal 0500* June 28: 11760 in English still going at 0503 with `This Day in History`, good but not solid signal while 6010 still hasn`t come up, unlike the overkill three other 49mb English channels, 6050, 6060, 6150. 11760 still on at last check 0518.

5040, RHC Spanish also on late June 28 at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, June 28 at 1338, JBA carrier, only enough to confirm VOI is still off-frequency. There have been a couple reports this month of it back on 9525 at later dayparts, but not sure if it was really measured there or assumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Not much Es lately into low-VHF band, but June 28 at 0226 UT something analog fades in on channel 2, peaking from southwest: it`s XEPM Ciudad Juárez again, with tucanal bug in UR, 8:40 pm, 39 degrees. Lower right has large bug of program name/segment ACCESO on one line, TOTAL below it. 0253 I notice that people`s faces are squeezed making them abnormally long; apparently station converting HD aspect ratio rather than cropping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11835, June 28 at 1400 our first chance to hear RNW in English with today`s news about station fate, but no news of course, right into feature program `The State We`re In`, i.e. bigger world issues than only RNW; poor signal today via MADAGASCAR, aside RHC 11830 ACI. O, there is nothing new per Media Network: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Parliamentary vote on RNW motions delayed two days

The Dutch parliament was due to vote today on three motions affecting RNW that were submitted during yesterday's debate on public broadcasting. The government opposes all three motions, the most significant one being from Martijn van Dam of the PvdA (the Dutch Labour Party). In the motion he denounces the abrupt manner of the proposed cuts to RNW's budget and suggests that "no irreversible decisions" be taken until there has been a further debate on the future of RNW after the summer recess. This morning, the parliamentary clerk informed RNW that the vote will now take place on Thursday, rather than today. The reason(s) for the delay are not clear (June 28th, 2011 - 10:58 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)

** SPAIN. Been a few weeks since I checked on REE`s weekly Emisión Sefarad, scheduled UT Tuesdays 0115-0145 on 11795 to S America. June 28 I tune in at 0120 --- oh, oh, REE IS is playing, so they`ve messed it up again. 0122 open carrier, 0123 modulation starts. Instead of ending at 0145, program still going with music, 0149 standard sign-off giving three transmission times, including 0115. After two digits of the postal code in the contact address, cut modulation and then carrier before she could finish. Signal was VG, anyway, and as long as it stay on 11795, free of collision with Brasil 11780, also with good signal. Apparently playback did not begin at proper time of 0115, and started a little too late past 0120 to finish before transmitter op cut them off after an extra 5 minutes, all he was willing to provide, tho there should have been more leeway than that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. In deep summer, RTT reception on 7275 and 7335 is not so good with storm noise levels, degraded propagation, so June 28 at 0509 I am enjoying their ME music on 9725 // weaker 12005, but by 0512 both of them are gone. Then I check 7275 at 0513 and it`s on with Arabic talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3215, June 28 at 0521 check, WWCR with gospel music, still no Rollye James. In the June schedule they`ve replaced her M-F with 05-06 `Inspirations Across America` (= 13-14 UT on 15825), and 06-07 `Worldwide Country Radio`. On her website http://www.rollye.net it`s unclear whether she is currently on WPHT 1210 Philadelphia, weeknights 9-12 CT or that`s oudated info. Apparently she is not, perhttp://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/the-big-talker-1210-program-schedule/(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11985, June 28 at 0502, weak 1000 Hz tone test, very poor aside TRT 11980. Haven`t heard any of these lately in the 13-15 UT period, but a couple times then the TT had been on 11980. Speculation is that they come from new transmitters being installed in Saudi Arabia, or maybe even Libya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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Solar activity was rather low during the week, with a moderate flaring
activity. A remarkable long duration event occurred on June 21st in NOAA
AR 1236 near the central meridian. Peaking at 03:25 UT on that day, the
C7.7 flare was associated with a moderately fast CME (800-1000 km/s), which
was observed by the LASCO and COR2 coronagraphs.

Starting July 1, 2011, Deutsche Welle (DW) will be making major changes in how and when its radio programming is broadcast in Asia and Europe, as well as German radio programming as a whole. The measures will ensure the further development of Germany's international broadcaster to a truly multimedia organization. As stipulated in the organization's strategic plan for 2010-2013, DW will focus on modern modules that can be integrated into partner's FM line-ups as well as being offered as stand-alone, on-demand services for the Internet and mobile devices. DW will thereby increase the cooperation with its partners throughout the world. With the exception of Africa and parts of Asia, linear shortwave broadcasts will be discontinued due to limited usage. The resources that have been saved will be reinvested in projects for the future  especially in the development of television services with regional languages and content, as well as an increase in online and mobile services. DW will aim to use its available resources to offer two TV channels per region. This will give viewers the opportunity to choose between a channel with predominantly German programming and a channel with a focus on one of the regional languages  English, Spanish or Arabic. In the future, DW will work with partner stations in Central and Southeast Europe to broadcast regional TV magazines and produce online services  each in the regional language. Starting July 1, 2011, the FM services for Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian and Romanian will be reduced and eventually discontinued. The frequencies that were purchased or rented in Sofia, Bucharest, Pristina and Tirana will be returned, as well as the corresponding licenses. The FM broadcasts for Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian will be reduced. In the future, these services will focus on selected partnerships with local FM stations. A service in Romani will be maintained for the time being. For Ukraine, DW is currently examining whether or not an agreement can be made with a partner to broadcast a reduced amount of FM radio programming that has been tailored to fit their needs. Radio programming for Hindi will be discontinued on July 1.

Reduction of shortwaveOn November 1, 2011, DW will be discontinuing the shortwave broadcast for German, Russian, Farsi and Indonesian. For English, the shortwave broadcast will be limited to Africa. The broadcasting times for Chinese programming will be reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes. For these languages, DW will also be increasing the online and mobile services as well as video-on-demand and audio-on-demand. The portfolio will also include audio productions for rebroadcast by partners (when applicable). Starting in November, DW will only be broadcasting radio programming via shortwave in the following languages: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.

Closing of relay stationsThe shortwave program currently broadcasts 260 hours daily with DW's own or rented relay stations  with the new focus on Africa and regions in Asia that will be reduced to just 55 at the beginning of the winter season. Only the relay station in Kigali (Rwanda) will be needed for shortwave broadcasts in Africa. The stations in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) und Sines (Portugal) can no longer be used to capacity. The financial operation is no longer possible and the relay stations will stop being used on November 1, 2011 and closed at the next possible point in time. With the reduction of rental prices and the closing of the two relay stations, DW will be able to save resources that can be reinvested in the further development of its services.

Development of FM broadcasts with partnersDW will continue to expand its network of FM partners in Africa. The radio production for Hausa, Kiswahili, French and Portuguese for Africa will be optimized for FM broadcasts step by step. DW will also produce a regional radio magazine daily in English, to be rebroadcast by partners in Africa. Audio content in Arabic will be created for the Middle East and North Africa and distributed online, via mobile or rebroadcast by partners.DW will focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu und Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A decision will be made about the future of these partnerships in accordance with the budget situation and following the evaluation results.

Strategic plan for 2010 to 2013The German Bundestag approved DW's strategic plan in April 2011 with an overwhelming majority. The core of the plan is the multimedia orientation of the broadcaster, the focus on major tasks and target regions with regards to the budgetary issues. The new strategic direction ensures that DW is prepared for the changing conditions of international media markets:Services for certain languages and regions will be reinforced to secure DW's competitive position in the future. The focus for the coming years will be on Sub-Sahara Africa, the Middle East, Iran and North Africa, South Asia and Afghanistan, Russia and Latin America. Due to the limited budget, the development of services will only be possible when activities are reduced somewhere else. In the area of television, DW will work more closely together with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF and develop regionalized TV programming with selected partners. For many areas around the world, it will be necessary to further development online and mobile services in order to reach DW's target audience better: Individuals who are interested in diverse perspectives and use a large amount and variety of media resources. That especially includes opinion leaders and future opinion leaders as well as people who lobby for democracy, freedom and progress in authoritarian countries and thereby strengthen the civil society.

lunedì 27 giugno 2011

** CHINA. Firedrake June 27:11500, good at 1252; none in the 10`s; also at 1323; very poor at 143912980, good at 1254, 132313830, CNR1 jamming at 1256 but FD also audible underneath // 12980; 13830 is vs R. Free Asia, Tibetan via Tajikistan13920, good at 1256, 132313970, poor at 143814400, poor at 1256, 1323, 143814700, poor at 1256, not later14950, fair at 125615540, poor at 125715550, poor at 1325, ex-1554015760, fair at 1437; unusual frequency. Aoki has SOH here only at 1330-1400 via Tajikistan, but both times and frequencies jump around15970, good at 1258, 1323, 143716980, good at 1258, 1326(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 12085, June 27 at 1305, fair signal from RN in Dutch talking about Topic A, after the midday parliamentary session to protest impending drastic funding cuts. A bit of English went by at 1312 before I could comprehend it. This is 250 kW, 283 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 1300-1327 only. Not much detail yet on the outcome (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

Prior to Monday's parliamentary debate on public broadcasting, the RNW Action Committee handed in several petitions to the House. More than 11,000 people have signed a petition to preserve the Dutch service.

Among the international petitions are 7,000 signatures from listeners who depend on programmes in one of the other nine languages in which RNW broadcasts. There are also petitions from former ambassadors, as well as business and journalism organizations.

The video below gives a flavour of the activities in The Hague on Monday morning. Unfortunately it doesn't (yet) have any English subtitles.

RNW has been hit hard by the government's plans and its budget has been reduced by more than two-thirds. "We understand that there need to be cuts, but 70 percent of the budget means demolition," said Action Committee Chairman Iede de Vries. He urged the postponement of a decision on RNW's budget.

Mr De Vries pointed out that 70 percent of the world's population have no access to the Internet, and many depend on radio for their information. He admitted that "New times and new technologies require a new, different RNW. We understand that there need to be cuts. RNW is prepared to make proportional contribution to this. Twenty percent off? We can achieve that with some pain and effort. Eighty percent off? That's demolition and dismantling." (RNW via DXLD)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9385, June 27 at 1329 as I tuned across Brother Scare via WWRB, he was mentioning a ham station on 14315, KC8EXP, then ``Maranatha``. Wonder what that was about. I guess the ham is a Brother: Yes, he`s in Walterboro, on the compound? Despite the 8-area call, ARRL lookup shows: Patterson, Richard K, KC8EXP, 12680 Augusta Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5051, June 27 around 0200 check, WWRB has shifted up 1 kHz. Bryan Clark in NZ tipped me that he`s been hearing it there since 8 June until 0400*. That of course affects WORLD OF RADIO, UT Fridays 0330v. I suppose they are avoiding some QRM like WTWW does by shifting to 9479, but for Bryan there`s Ozy Radio on 5050.07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1570 monitoring: 5110v-CUSB, UT Monday June 27 starting at almost 0303 via WBCQ Area 51, confirmed, replacing Piratesweek, as Ragnar has had to put his show ``into dry dock``.

** CANADA. Fitful sporadic E brings in some analog channel 2 peaking from the NNE, fading in UT June 26 at 0025, CCI among several stations. At 0205 now dominating poorly is stand-up comedy, which matches the CTV schedule for this hour, `Comedy Now!`.

1415 UT June 26, again weak Es on ch 2 with antenna still pointed NNE, and at 1425 a bit of audio confirms it is in English, still at 1550 with Canadian political forum. Meanwhile, 21 and 28 MHz hambands were jumping with lots of Field Day contacts on short-skip (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 26:12500, good at 1221, none lower; unusual frequency12980, very good at 122113850, fair at 1222, under ACI from Es-enhanced 13845 WWCR14400, good at 1223, 125614700, good at 1223, 125614950, very good at 1224, 125715670, poor at 1226 FD // 12980 in mix with CNR1 jamming15795, tentative FD at 1225 in mix with CNR1 jamming15970, good at 1223, 125716100, very poor at 1228(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9715 via BONAIRE, June 26 at 1211, `Cartas @ RN` in progress about threat to own station by Dutch government funding cuts. Big parliamentary axion is scheduled for June 27, with appearances by RN staffers/victims, and on Tuesday June 28 there will be an unusual new edition of Cartas @ RN reporting on the outcome. It seems that RN`s remaining SWLs in Spanish are mounting a big support campaign, more so than in English.

** SPAIN [non]. 11880 via COSTA RICA, Sunday June 26 from 1231 after RNE headlines, `Amigos de la Onda Corta`. First half of DX news, really media news dominated by threat to Radio Nederland, and not a single SW frequency, log or schedule given. Second half from 1246 interviewing Arturo Montago(?) about expected SW propagation conditions in July. Went down by meter bands from 11 and 13, general info for N and S hemisphere, best times of day, typical skip distances. Strangely, skipped 22m, 60m, and concluded with 80 and 160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. El Hugazo was reported to be in ``critical but stable condition`` after surgery in Cuba. Last week we saw no current notice about the absence of `Alo, Presidente` on the program website http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/ but this week the streamer does say there will be none on June 26, and no explanation. Apparently the seriousness of his condition is being suppressed in Venezuela. El Nuevo Herald was quoting US intelligence sources about his condition in Cuba. Prolonged absence from Venezuela has the opposition calling for the VP to take command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

** CHINA. Firedrake June 25:12270, good at 133412600, fair-good at 1256; none lower before 130013830, fair at 1306 under CNR1 jamming // 11990; no FD on 15670 now; 13830 also at 1335 with same mix14400, good at 133514700, good at 1258, 133515430, very poor at 134315515, fair at 1342; could not make out a <5 kHz het on either side15670, fair at 1258 mixing as usual with CNR1 jamming15970, good at 1258, 133616100, fair at 1259, fair-good at 133717170, fair at 1337, fair-good at 1250(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 11775, June 25 at 0224, gospel music made me think it was DGS/Anguilla again running day frequency at night as happens periodically, but no --- soon into Spanish `Sólo para Mujeres` and now DentroCuban jamming is audible under, so it`s the correct R. Martí via Sackville, CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 17800, June 25 at 1345, DW VG at S9+20 with jazzy music, 1347 Hausa ID, more music. As if this 250 kW, 310 degree signal from RWANDA, also USward, weren`t enough, same programming a slight reverb apart is on much weaker 17820, which is 250 kW, 145 degrees from PORTUGAL. And // 15410 synchro with 17800 since that is also RWANDA but 295 degrees. Fourth channel for this is 21780 Rwanda, often audible when nothing else is on 13m, but not today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650 via CANADA, KBS World Radio feed not lost today, so we could hear `Worldwide Friendship`, Saturday June 25 at 1245 replying to request from Kevin O`Donovan, NM, that they availablize entire broadcasts daily by podcast. No can do, since have no rights for music on web unlike broadcast, and would have to remove it all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR [and non]. Strangeness in switching errors here, or maybe at program feed central, Hilversum? 13620, June 25 at 0527 R. Dabanga ends as usual, but then for a semiminute some YL in English is heard until carrier off at 0527:30; meanwhile the tone-jammer continues until 0530 with its weaker carrier.

13840, then I tune here at 0528 and hear YL in English for another minute, sounds like same one as on 13620. 0529-0530 dead air, 0530 starting R. Japon in French, ``un service de NHK-World``. Maybe the English was R. Netherlands programming if default on 24-hour satellite channel, never intentionally on SW at this hour? And seems all R. Japan languages are forced to use the English-language name. // 11730 via Issoudun, France, running about one second ahead of 13840. Also in French, NHK announces the relay sites, as every station should, but few do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7415, UT Saturday June 25 at 0522, open carrier. Must be WBCQ, past nominal 0400*. On UT Sundays only, they stay on way later than that, modulating Ted Randall`s QSO.

A reminder to look for WORLD OF RADIO UT Monday at 0300 on Area 51, 5110v-CUSB, instead of Piratesweek; Ragnar says his show is in hiatus because of tendonitis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825, June 25 at 1338, WWCR is S9+20 with sporadic-E boost (not reaching VHF), preacher over-modulated and distorted, but still no scratchy spur field circa 15670. However, closer in, there is splatter at least to 15810 and 15840, and with BFO can still detect the standard spur carriers from WWCR-1, near 15809.4 and 15840.6.

12160, `Ask WWCR` now occupying part of ex-WORLD OF RADIO time per updated schedule backdated June 9, posted contrary to asserted policy of only updating once a month, 1615 Saturdays, not monitored June 25, but I heard it earlier on demand: starts with ``elephant in the room``, cancellation of WORLD OF RADIO. Said they had been talking about that for a week before doing so June 10. It`s a for-profit operation, and the time is for sale. Brady and Jerry agreed ``that`s all there is to it``. Axually, there is a bit more to it; see their correspondence and my reply in DX Listening Digest 11-25, http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1125.txt

Another item quoted `Lou in Atlanta` that RN previously ran a full a megawatt on 9590 from Bonaire: not true (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 11520, June 25 at 1311-1316+ very poor signal, but unmistakable drone of Harold Camping; has anyone measured his predominant pitch? Soon to be a past-thing, as Family Radio has announced that he will no longer be heard at all after June 30, allegedly because of his stroke causing speech problems; until then they are rerunning a few more Open Fora, post-Rapture[non]. Aoki shows 11520 is via Paochung, TAIWAN, English at 13-14 flanked by Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###